PREETHI SRINIVASAN calls herself a ‘Cripple who is Whole’! A national-level swimmer, state-level cricketer and excellent student, Preethi suffered a spinal cord injury at the age of 18 which left her paralysed below the neck. Despite losing her sense of identity in a split-second, Preethi re-emerged like a phoenix to become the founder of "Soulfree" (www.soulfree.org) a public charitable trust that is working to improve the quality-of-life of persons living with Spinal Cord Injury in India. She is an award-winning disability-rights activist working to create an inclusive India, a public speaker, writer, agent of change and currently a PhD scholar at IIT Madras.